Zero Chou (; born 24 July 1969) is a Taiwanese director and screenwriter.
Life and career Chou was born in Keelung, Taiwan in 1969. She earned a B.A. in Philosophy from National Chengchi University in 1992. She worked as a journalist before becoming an indie film director.
She entered film making because of her attraction to the content and art form. She has been considered as one of the most talented documentary director in recent years inTaiwan. She received a Teddy Award for Best Feature Film in 2007 for the movie Spider Lillies.
Chou and Hoho Liu () are an openly lesbian couple. Chou "is one of the few openly lesbian filmmakers in the world, and the only one in Taiwan," according to AfterEllen. She is currently filming a six-film series called the Six Asian Cities Rainbow Project (亞洲六城彩虹計劃). She is trying to finish as quickly as possible and worries she will go missing while filming, since many of the locations have rules against films presenting LGBT content.
Works Documentary Looking for the Forgotten Artists () 1997, 45 mins Artist and His Daughter () 1997, 23 mins Memories of the Taiwanese Master () 1997, 47 mins Yi Shi Zai Hai Xia Zhong (Lost in the Strait) () 1998, 48 mins Being Ceased () 1998, 60 mins Mother and Son () 1998, 65 mins Democracy Show () 1998, 53 mins Wanderers' Bay () 1998, 60 mins Floating Islands () 2000, 288 mins Before the Radiation () 2000, 22 mins Headhunting Festival () 2000, 54 mins Zou Zu Zhan Ji () 2000, 56 mins Corners () 2001, 66 mins Poles Extremity () 2002, 56 mins The Kinmenese Tracks () 2003, 64 mins Father in the Blacklist () 2004, 56 mins
Film A Film About the Body () 1996, 62 mins Splendid Float () 2004, 71 mins The Road on the Air () 2006, 82 mins Spider Lilies () 2007, 97 mins (Teddy Award, 2007) Drifting Flowers () 2008, 97 mins Wave Breaker 2009, 86 mins Ripples of Desire () 2012, 110 mins The Substitute () 2017 We are Gamily () 2017 Wrath of Desire () 2020 Untold Herstory () 2022
Television The Rise and Fall of Qing Dynasty (滿清十三皇朝) 1987 Gloomy Salad Days (死神少女) 2010 (因為愛你) 2020
Awards Corners Winner of the 2002 Taipei Film Festival for Best Documentary
Poles Extremity Winner of the 2003 Marseille Festival of Documentary Film for Best Documentary
Splendid Float Winner of the 2004 Golden Horse Award for Best Make Up and Costume Design Winner of the 2004 Golden Horse Award for Best Original Film Song Winner of the 2004 Golden Horse Award for Best Taiwanese Film Of The Year Winner of the 1st CJ Asia Independent Film Festival for Audience Award
Spider Lilies Winner of the 2007 Teddy Award for Best Gay/Lesbian Feature Film at the Berlin Film Festival
See also List of female film and television directors List of LGBT films directed by women List of lesbian filmmakers
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